Elementary school teacher · Allentown, PA
Elementary school teacher in Allentown: $1,619/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Allentown at $79,040 a year. About 4,260 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.27). The 10th percentile is $53,870 and the 90th is $99,250. Pay ranks 61st-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,431/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,619 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 99 miles away, at $2,555 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,619
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$79,040
$53,870 to $99,250
Rent (1 bd)
$1,431
$1,704 (2 bd)
Employment
4,260
Location quotient 1.27
Pay rank
61st of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $79,040.
- Taxes$1,522
- Rent$1,431
- Other living costs$2,014
- Left over$1,619
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $79,040
- Federal income tax
- −$9,003
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,047
- State income tax (PA)
- −$2,427
- City / county wage tax
- −$790
- Take-home pay
- $60,774
- Effective tax rate
- 23.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,431
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $559
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,445
Left over each month
$6,587 gross, minus $1,522 in tax and $3,445 in living costs.
$1,619
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kingston, $2,555/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Allentown?
$79,040 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,260 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Allentown?
$1,619 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,431, and pay covers 4.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 99 miles away, leaves $2,555 a month, more than Allentown.